Academic Writing- Error Correction Pairwork

Academic Writing error correction pairwork

Student A

Without showing your worksheet to your partner, find the differences between each sentence and your partner’s, decide which version is correct, and change your version if you think it is wrong. One version is always incorrect. 

Academic emails

Opening lines of academic emails

Opening line mentioning the last contact between you

Thanks for your feedbacks on my first draft.

Thanks for your help with the second draft of my paper.

 

Opening line with the topic of the email

I am writing to you with regarding your workshop next week.

I’m writing to you about our last homework.

 

Social opening lines/ Friendly opening lines

I hope you had a good trip to Singapore.

How was the weekend?

 

Body of academic emails

Sending documents/ Sending attachments

Please find the last week's homework attached.

In the attached essay I have examined…

 

Requests and enquiries

I have a question about the homework which you set in the lesson on Wednesday.

Could you please let me know the homework for in this week?

 

Closing academic emails

Closing lines in academic emails

If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Hope you have good weekend.

 

Introductions to academic writing

Explaining the background/ relevance/ importance to the topic/ writing

Over last few decades, rural communities have had to cope with…

These days there are many issues with…

 

Giving your opinion

Although I can understand both points of view, I am quite a strong supporter of this idea in the majority of cases.

In my own opinion, this depends about the situation of the country in question.

 

Outlining the structure of the writing

I will discuss about both points of view below.

I will give three reasons for this in the paragraphs below.

 

Finishing academic writing

Summarising (the whole paper)

As has been shown above, there are arguments both for and against…

For summarize the views given above,…

 

Conclusion(s)

Despite the disadvantages given in the previous paragraph,…

Having looked for both sides of the argument,…

 

Implications of your conclusion(s)

Practical implications of this research include the need for…

Because this, in the future researchers should…

 

The body of academic writing

Avoiding personal pronouns

Readers this journal will probably be aware that…

In this paper, the author argues that…

 

Supporting your arguments

Advantages and disadvantages/ Looking at both sides

One of the main advantages for this approach is…

Moving onto the good points of this method,…

 

Comparing/ Contrasting

The most obvious difference between the two methods is…

The two approaches are almost the same than each other.

 

Explaining further/ Restating/ Rephrasing

Other words,…

In brief,…

 

Hedging/ Generalising/ Making general statements

Most people find that…

The majority participants reported that…

 

Quoting people/ Describing other people’s experience and opinions/ Giving sources of information

Greene’s ideas were set out in her seminal book How Animals Think.

The authors of this paper agree to Smith (1989, 89) when he says that…

 

Giving examples

To give example, you could write about scholarships and other awards.

Perhaps the best example of this is…

 

Logical arguments (reasons, causes, consequences, etc)

A major effect of this could be…

The main justification of this is…

 

Student B

Without showing your worksheet to your partner, find the differences between each sentence and your partner’s, decide which version is correct, and change your version if you think it is wrong. One version is always incorrect. 

Academic emails

Opening lines of academic emails

Opening line mentioning the last contact between you

Thanks for your feedback on my first draft.

Thanks for your help for the second draft of my paper.

 

Opening line with the topic of the email

I am writing to you regarding your workshop next week.

I’m writing to you on our last homework.

 

Social opening lines/ Friendly opening lines

I hope you had good trip to Singapore.

How was your weekend?

 

Body of academic emails

Sending documents/ Sending attachments

Please find last week's homework attached.

In an attached essay I have examined…

 

Requests and enquiries

I have question about the homework which you set in the lesson on Wednesday.

Could you please let me know the homework for this week?

 

Closing academic emails

Closing lines in academic emails

If you need a further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Hope you have a good weekend.

 

Introductions to academic writing

Explaining the background/ relevance/ importance to the topic/ writing

Over the last few decades, rural communities have had to cope with…

In these days there are many issues with…

 

Giving your opinion

Although I can understand both points of view, I am quite a strong supporter of this idea in the majority cases.

In my own opinion, this depends on the situation of the country in question.

 

Outlining the structure of the writing

I will discuss both points of view below.

I will give three reasons of this in the paragraphs below.

 

Finishing academic writing

Summarising (the whole paper)

As has been shown above, there are arguments both to and against…

To summarize the views given above,…

 

Conclusion(s)

Despite the disadvantages given in previous paragraph,…

Having looked at both sides of the argument,…

 

Implications of your conclusion(s)

Practical implications in this research include the need for…

Because of this, in the future researchers should…

 

The body of academic writing

Avoiding personal pronouns

Readers of this journal will probably be aware that…

In this paper, this author argues that…

 

Supporting your arguments

Advantages and disadvantages/ Looking at both sides

One of the main advantages of this approach is…

Moving on the good points of this method,…

 

Comparing/ Contrasting

Most obvious difference between the two methods is…

The two approaches are almost the same as each other.

 

Explaining further/ Restating/ Rephrasing

In other words,…

To brief,…

 

Hedging/ Generalising/ Making general statements

Most of people find that…

The majority of participants reported that…

 

Quoting people/ Describing other people’s experience and opinions/ Giving sources of information

Greene’s ideas were set out at her seminal book How Animals Think.

The authors of this paper agree with Smith (1989, 89) when he says that…

 

Giving examples

To give an example, you could write about scholarships and other awards.

Perhaps best example of this is…

 

Logical arguments (reasons, causes, consequences, etc)

A major effect this could be…

The main justification for this is…

 

Error correction stage

All the lines below are incorrect. Change all of them to make them correct.

Academic emails

Opening lines of academic emails

Opening line mentioning the last contact between you

Thanks for your feedbacks on my first draft.

Thanks for your help for the second draft of my paper.

 

Opening line with the topic of the email

I am writing to you with regarding your workshop next week.

I’m writing to you on our last homework.

 

Social opening lines/ Friendly opening lines

I hope you had good trip to Singapore.

How was the weekend?

 

Body of academic emails

Sending documents/ Sending attachments

Please find the last week's homework attached.

In an attached essay I have examined…

 

Requests and enquiries

I have question about the homework which you set in the lesson on Wednesday.

Could you please let me know the homework for in this week?

 

Closing academic emails

Closing lines in academic emails

If you need a further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Hope you have good weekend.

 

Introductions to academic writing

Explaining the background/ relevance/ importance to the topic/ writing

Over last few decades, rural communities have had to cope with…

In these days there are many issues with…

 

Giving your opinion

Although I can understand both points of view, I am quite a strong supporter of this idea in the majority cases.

In my own opinion, this depends about the situation of the country in question.

 

Outlining the structure of the writing

I will discuss about both points of view below.

I will give three reasons of this in the paragraphs below.

 

Finishing academic writing

Summarising (the whole paper)

As has been shown above, there are arguments both to and against…

For summarize the views given above,…

 

Conclusion(s)

Despite the disadvantages given in previous paragraph,…

Having looked for both sides of the argument,…

 

Implications of your conclusion(s)

Practical implications in this research include the need for…

Because this, in the future researchers should…

 

The body of academic writing

Avoiding personal pronouns

Readers this journal will probably be aware that…

In this paper, this author argues that…

 

Supporting your arguments

Advantages and disadvantages/ Looking at both sides

One of the main advantages for this approach is…

Moving on the good points of this method,…

 

Comparing/ Contrasting

Most obvious difference between the two methods is…

The two approaches are almost the same than each other.

 

Explaining further/ Restating/ Rephrasing

Other words,…

To brief,…

 

Hedging/ Generalising/ Making general statements

Most of people find that…

The majority participants reported that…

 

Quoting people/ Describing other people’s experience and opinions/ Giving sources of information

Greene’s ideas were set out at her seminal book How Animals Think.

The authors of this paper agree to Smith (1989, 89) when he says that…

 

Giving examples

To give example, you could write about scholarships and other awards.

Perhaps best example of this is…

 

Logical arguments (reasons, causes, consequences, etc)

A major effect this could be…

The main justification of this is…

 

Brainstorming stage

Without looking above, write at least two phrases in each gap below. Many phrases not above are also possible.

Academic emails

Opening lines of academic emails

Opening line mentioning the last contact between you

 

 

 

Opening line with the topic of the email

 

 

 

Social opening lines/ Friendly opening lines

 

 

 

Body of academic emails

Sending documents/ Sending attachments

 

 

 

Requests and enquiries

 

 

 

Closing academic emails

Closing lines in academic emails

 

 

 

Introductions to academic writing

Explaining the background/ relevance/ importance to the topic/ writing

 

 

 

Giving your opinion

 

 

 

Outlining the structure of the writing

 

 

 

Finishing academic writing

Summarising (the whole paper)

 

 

 

Conclusion(s)

 

 

 

Implications of your conclusion(s)

 

 

 

The body of academic writing

Avoiding personal pronouns

 

 

 

Supporting your arguments

Advantages and disadvantages/ Looking at both sides

 

 

 

Comparing/ Contrasting

 

 

 

Explaining further/ Restating/ Rephrasing

 

 

 

Hedging/ Generalising/ Making general statements

 

 

 

Quoting people/ Describing other people’s experience and opinions/ Giving sources

 

 

 

Giving examples

 

 

 

Logical arguments (reasons, causes, consequences, etc)

 

 

 

Check above, add other phrases, then compare your other phrases as a class.